Fishing-rod.



PATENTED MAY 17,1904.

H. W. BUSGHEMBYER.

FISHING ROD. APPILIGAYTION FILED An; 21, 1903.

N0 XODEL.

I. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing UNITED STATES Patented May 1'7, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FISHING-ROD.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of LettersPatent h To. 760,181, dated May 1'7, 1904. Application filed April 2'7, 1903 Serial No. 154,561. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY W. BUSCHE- in the city of Louisville, county of J eiferson, and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful article-namely, an Improvement in Fishing-Rodsof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a contrivance attached to the rod, which I call a landinghook and releaser, by which a fish caught on the line can be landed and which is to take the place of a separate landing-net or of a gaff-hook, such as are now in use, which must be carried in another hand from the rod or even by another person. Moreover, the use of the landing-hook, as shown below, makes it unnecessary ever to hold the rod in such a position as to bring the strain of the fish to bear on the tip, whereby it is often broken.

The hook may also be convenient for other purposes, such as retrieving the tip of the rod if it should break ofl", as it is attached to a separate cord, also for hanging the rod to a fence or tree, and the ring encircling the ferrule of the rod, which is part of my contrivance, strengthens the hold of the ferrule, and thus protects the ferrule and the tip against splitting. I attain these ends by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the landing-hook, the ferrule, and the double ring connecting them separately. Fig. 2 gives a front view of the top joint of the rod, with the attachment and part of the line. Fig. 3 shows the hook proper.

Fig. 4 shows the double ring connecting this hook to the ferrule in a horizontal view; Fig. 5, the same in the vertical view; Fig. 6, the ferrule, which sits on the tip ofthe rod and into which the landing-hook is fitted.

The same letters occurring in the several figures denote the same parts.

In Fig. 1, a is the landing-hook, made of steel or like metal. It is curbed at the top, and its point comes downward and slightly outward, as shown in the figure. 0 i is a double ring, cast or wrought in one piece,whereof the part c encircles the ferrule of the rod,

while 71, which is thicker than 0, is connected with c by a very short bar. In '11 the hole marked r receives the line, as shown in Fig. 2. The part c is the ferrule, made of silver, German silver, or other metal softer than steel. It is open and at its top by a screwthread or otherwise receives into itself the foot of hook, while at its lower end it encircles the tip of the rod.

Fig. 2 shows the top joint of the rod (marked 8) a cord at, which runs alongside the rod up to the double ring 0 e and is tied around the bar, connecting its two parts, so as to hold it if the tip of the rod should break off. It shows also the line marked 6, which at 9" runs through the outward section of the double ring.

Figs. 3, 4:, 5, and 6 need no further explanation than is given above. When a fish is caught on the line and having been played more or less is ready to be landed, the line is grasped in one hand and the hook at the end of the rod is passed along the line till the point of the hook enters the flesh of the fish, and the fisherman by pulling the rod can bring the fish to land. Sometimes it may suifice to grapple the line near the fish with the landing-hook and then to pull home.

It will be seen that the angling-line in my rod is led through a ring fastened to its side, while in the rods now in common use the line runs through a hole or duct in the tip of the rod.

What I claim as my invention, and'wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hook having a sharp point .turned downward and slightly outward, attached to the upper end of a fishing-rod, in combination with a double ring of which one half encircles the rod near its upper end, while the other half serves as a runner for the line, and with a cord fastening the double ring to the lower part of the rod, substantially as shown in the drawings and specification.

2. A hook having a sharp point turned downward and slightly outward attached to the upper end of a fishing-rod, in combination with a-double ring of which one half encircles the rod near its upper end, while the other half serves as a runner for the line, to serve as a runner for the line, substantially substant1ally as shown 1n the drawlngs and as shown in the drawings and specification.

specification. w s 7 1 3. A hook having a sharp point turned HENRY BUSLHLML) 5 downward and slightly outward attached to Witnesses: v the upper end of a fishing-rod, in combina- LEWIS N. DEMBITZ, tion with a ring affixed to the rod near its end J 0s. E. CONKLING. 

